Simon Says ,,,,,, Anything Goes ! :-)

This week we have the ever popular theme ,,,, your favourite ,,,

ANYTHING GOES !! :-)

We have a very special week this week :-) Not only is Heidi providing a $50 Voucher to spend in the Simon Says Stamp Store

We also have the lovely Kim Hughes, the designer of the lovely Paper Smooches range of stamps giving a 2nd lucky winner a choice of 2 stamp sets ! :-)

This week we are showcasing Paper Smooches stamps and we would like to thank Kim for providing our Guest Designer Mandy and all the DT with a stamp set each to use for the challenge :-)

We are also joined this week by 2 lovely designers from the Paper Smooches DT so there is LOTS of inspiration for you this week :-)

Of course you don't HAVE to use Paper Smooches stamps to join in but if you have them we would love to see them used :-)

For my card I used a fab Paper Smooches Spiffy Scooters set

While looking for inspiration for this card I found THIS fab one Diane Zechman’s blog and loved the way she made the floating clouds and the paper piecing so I CASE’d it :-)

I used my Grand Calibur and Grand Scalloped and Grand Circle dies to create the shape. I used My Minds Eye On the Bright Side papers and layered and paper pieced areas of the scooter,the plain parts were coloured with an E51 copic marker. I used the triple line stamp from the set to create the white paper design and I stamped the clouds from the set and embossed them with a Swiss dots folder, I then used thin strips of acetate to ‘float’ them. I used some Hemptique twine and a shaped button that I thought looked like a puff of exhaust ? ,, :-) I added a little Star Dust Stickles to the ‘lights’ to finish ,,,

Thanks for looking :-) Mandy, the Paper Smooches DT girls and the DT have all made some fabulous cards for you to see so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

Challenegs :

Paper and Such Design ,,, Just for the Girls

Shopping Our Stash ,,,, Starts with ‘B’, Button, Blue, Beep Beep :-)

The Crazy Challenge ,,, Girly

That Craft Place ,, Anything But a Square or Rectangle

Crafty Emma ,,,,, Button It

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Penny Black Wedding Day ,,,,,

Hi all :-) How are you on this fine spring morning ?? OK I hope and ready for a crafty day :-)

Tuesdays = Papertake Weekly Challenge and this week our lovely boss Dawny has made us a fab sketch to follow ,, I do LOVE Dawny’s sketches ,, so simple and easy !! :-)

I decided to use my Penny Black Bride and Groom stamp, this is a huge stamp, isn’t it gorgeous ! I coloured with copics, gently shading the wedding dress with grey tones. The bride is cut out and popped up to add dimension. I used my Grand Calibur to cut the Grand Circle and Grand Scallop shapes, the papers are from Kaiser Crafts, Pink Gelato pack, all the edges were inked with Spun Sugar DI. I wanted to keep this fairly CAS and just added some fab silver glitter mesh from The ribbon Girl and a little sprig of roses made using a Heart Swirl Die and Mini Rolled Roses,,,, oh and a few Hero Arts pearls to finish :-)

I made a box to pop it in, the tag was in the paper pack so it matches the papers perfectly, the stamped postmark sentiment is from LOTV ! :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $20 voucher on offer for one lucky person :-)

Thanks for looking, our lovely GD and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so hop on over to the PTW to see them :-)

Challenges :

Truly Madly Crafty ,,,,, Make your own flowers

Creative Inspirations Paint ,,,, Tags

Pan Pastel UK ,,,, Add a Flower

Stamptacular Sunday ,,, Loaded with Layers

Stampin with the Dragon ,,,, Weddings

C.R.A.F.T ,,, Wedding/Anniversary

Everybody Art ,,,,, Wedding

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Anything But a Card

House Mouse and Friends Monday ,,, Anything Goes Challenge :-)

Hi all. I hope you all had a lovely weekend :-) We had a family get together with Rays family in Malta which was very nice, Rays brother is a wonderful cook and the weather was so warm and sunny we ate ‘al fresco’ ,,, bliss :)

The theme for the next fortnight on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge was chosen by the lovely Stacy and she chose ,,,

ANYTHING GOES ,,,,,:-)

Just remember that you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image to join in.

I made a joy fold card this week and used the very cute House Mouse Feeling Rosie image, coloured with copics and the edges inked slightly with vintage photo DI. The papers are from a My Minds Eye ‘Dolled Up’ pack, the sentiment and little tea cup are from a My Favorite Things ‘Always Time For Tea’ stamp and die set, the pink vintage tape is from The Ribbon Girl.

On the inside I used the same MFT set to make the teapot and the sentiment is from that set too.

We are sponsored by House Mouse Designs who will be giving one lucky entrant a $25 Gift Voucher to the store

and Pizzazz Aplenty will give a lovely $10 gift pack of embellies too !! What lovely prizes eh !!

Thanks for looking :-) Our fab GD’s Squirrel and Gail and the DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see so hop on over to the HM&F Monday Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges :

Stamptacular Sunday ,,, Loaded with Layers :-)

Paper Play ,,,, Animal Antics ( 2nd entry)

Bella with Mum for the TPC

Oohh another Friday already, almost the weekend and time to relax a bit :-)

I have been suffering with horrible hay fever ,, yesterday was dreadful ,, feeling a bit better now but I look like Rudolph ! :-/ ,, not a pretty sight !

Anyway,,, onto nicer things ,,, Friday’s means its the day for a change of theme on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge and this week it is our lovely teamie Anne who chose ,,,

ALL BUTTONED UP …. easy ,,, :-)

We are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl so we have a gorgeous bundle of ribbons and embellies to give away ! :-)

Apologies to Mary and Andrea here,I forgot to check the sponsor when making this card x

I used this very cute Bella with Mum image from the Wild Rose Studio, I coloured with copics , inked the edges with Dusty Concord DI and used star dust stickles for sparkle. The papers are also from the WRS, from the Bella pack and I used a Martha Stewart border punch. I made the buttons using a My Favorite Things Button Quartet die, cutting several from scraps of white card and then used the WRS papers to make the top layer, I then tried to make them look like a bundle of balloons, tied together with twine. The Happy Birthday ‘balloon’ was made using a WRS Little Labels stamp set. I added a few Robins Nest Dew Drops and made the ribbon slider using the Simple Buckles die.

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so hop on over to the TPC to see them :-)

Challenges :

Paper Play … Animal Antics

Whimsy Inspiration,, Punches/Die Cuts

Ribbon Carousel … Bright Colours

Bunny Zoe Crafts ,,,, Ribbon or Twine

Crazy 4 Challenges ,,, Using Buttons

Crafts 4 Eternity ……Something New ( Bella with Mum stamp)

Fussy and Fancy ,,,,, Punches and Dies

Stampin for the Weekend ,,, Sparkle and Shine

Less Is More ,,,,,

Woo Hoo !! I was showcased on the Less Is more Challenge this week with THIS card :-) ,,, sooo proud ! :-) Thanks Mandi and Chrissi ,,, am thrilled :-)

The challenge this week is a tricky one ,, the dreaded one later with the extra ugh of doodling ,,, definitely not my forte,,, tho I always used to doodle during lectures whilst studying the habit stopped when the studying did :-)

I stared by masking a square in the centre of the card and used a C.C Designs Clouds die cut to mask areas while spraying with a copic air brush and a B 21 copic marker. I then stamped the Hero Arts Hot Air balloon stamp which is is an Away set with achival ink and coloured a little bit with a Memento pink marker, added a tiny little bit of star dust stickles on the ropes and then doodled straight stitches around the square panel to sort of create a window ,,, :-) Not very adventurous doodling I’m afraid ,, the sentiment is from Hero arts too.

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one

Challenges :-

Less Is More ,,,,, One Layer + Doodling

City Crafter ,,, Just a hint of Pink

Paperminutes ,,, Use your newest stamp ,,, this is one of them ! :-)

Simon Says ,,,,,, Follow Dawny’s Sketch :-)

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in with our challenge of "April Showers bring May Flowers" last week. It was fantastic to see so many of you joining us in our challenge.

This week our lovely and uber talented teamie, Dawny P, has made us one of her lovely sketches for us to follow :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blogtoo

This week the Design Team are showcasing American Crafts and/or Martha Stewart products. If you have either of these two products, we would love to see them in your projects this week but if not, please come and join us anyway !!

For my card I used this very cute Mimi image from Penny Black, this is called Sweet Thing, I stamped the image twice with Memento black ink onto Neenah cardstock, I then coloured with Copics and cut out the extra cupcake and stuck it it on with Pop Dots. The cupcake paper is from American Crafts and is called Cherry Chips. Instead of popping a square element underneath the image I cut out a cupcake on my Silhouette Cameo, coloured with copics and popped it in place. I used some Glossy Accents on the cherries, I used lots of star dust stickles and I stitched all the edges. I used a Martha Stewart Lace Heart border punch and a Monarch butterfly punch too, I finished with some satin ribbon and a sentiment from a Lawn Fawn set.

Thanks for looking :-) Our fabulous GD Mandy and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges:=

Ribbon Carousel ,,,,, Bright Colours, + spooled item

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,,,, Spotty Dotty ( the pink is embossed with dots)

My Craft Spot,,,,, Make It Pop

Addicted To Stamps ,,,, Cakes and Stitching ( Happy 1st B'day + a Blog Hop ) :-)

Corrosive ,, Hit the Bottle ,,, stickles and glossy accents on the cherries

Penny Black and More ,,, Oh So Cute ( 3rd entry)

Pile It On ,,, Pop It Up

Stamptacular Sunday ,,,,, Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday ,,,,, Spots and Stripes ( the pink card is embossed with dots and the stripes are on the cupcakes ) :-)

Sweet Thing	Bake a Cake	Glossy Accents	Lace heart
ATG Gun	Pop Dots	Monarch Butterfly	Star Dust Stickles
Copic Markers	silhouette cameo

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ABC Christmas …. ‘H' for Hardware

Hi all :-) how many days left till Christmas ?? … tis only 250 !! they will fly by let me tell ya :-) ,, so to avoid the last minute panic why not join in with ours, and the other fabby Christmas challenges in blogland ! :-)

This time it is our boss, Samantha’s turn to choose the theme ,,,

'H' for HARDWARE :-)

We are sponsored by our lovely teamy Lacey who owns the fab online store ,, Stamp and Create Lacey will be giving one lucky entrant a $25 voucher to her store ! :-)

AND we have a DT call too so if you would like to join our fab and friendly crew please see the challenge blog for more details.

For my card I used this very cute Pickle with Present image, coloured with copics and the edges inked with stormy sky DI. The navy starry paper is from Craft Creations and I embossed a panel using a star folder, this was also inked slightly with the ink. All the silvery card for layering was made by inking plain white card with Pumice Stone DI and then perfect pearls brushed over the top, really shimmery and silvery IRL, I used some silver mesh ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, the star was made using a Memory Box die and I added some navy ribbon and a charm from America and some metallic dew drops to finish :-)

The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so please hop on over to the challenge blog :-)

Challenges :

Craft Room ,,,,, Ink It ( no digi images)

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas ,,,, Lets have a Sing Song ,,,, Twinkle Twinkle little star ,,,,,

Craft Your Days Away ,,,, metal

A Stitch In Time ,,,,, :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you are all well :-)

Another Tuesay has whizzed around and it is time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

A STITCH IN TIME ,,,,, real or fake ,,,OR both :-)

I just had to used this new Gruffie sewing for his little lamb friend, sew cute :-) This is from an unmounted set from Joanna Sheen. I coloured with Copics and then used prismacolor pencils too. The papers are from a My Minds Eye, On the Bright Side pack which I thought were perfect for this challenge ,,, faux sewing ,, :-) I used some red SU card for layering ( from Mandi) and added a few red buttons which were threaded with button twine from The Ribbon Girl, I wrapped the image panel with a red felt scarf , added a few Robins Nest Dew Drops and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear set.

We are sponsored by our lovely teamies Mary and Andrea aka The Ribbon Girl and they will be giving a fab pack of ribbons to one lucky girlie ( or boy ! ) :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your commenst so please leave me one :-) The DT and our lovely GD's have all made fabulous creations for you to see so hop on over to the PTW to see them :-)

Challenges :-

Crafty Boots ,,, No Girls Allowed

Love to Create ,,,, Friends

Pan Pastel UK ,,, One for the Boys

Allsorts ,,,, Butttons and Threads

Crazy 4 Challenges ,, Using Buttons

Crafty Ann’s ,,,,,, Its a Mans Thing

Stampin for the Weekend ,,,,, Ready Teddy Go

Everybody Art , Cards For Men